Police say a man was stabbed in the chest and suffered life threatening injuries in an ice pick attack late Monday night near 22nd and E Cherry.

Seattle Fire reports transporting a 56 year-old male to Harborview with a stab wound to the chest in the attack first reported just after 10:30 PM.

Police said they were still looking for suspect information and investigating the circumstances that lead to the attack.

UPDATE: We have more information from SPD:

A man was sent to Harborview Medical Center last night after it was discovered that he had been stabbed in the chest after an unknown suspect punched him.

At about 10:20 last night, the male victim was approached by two unknown men in the 2300 Block of East Cherry Street.  The victim reported to a witness that one of the men punched him in the chest.  The victim soon discovered that he had actually been stabbed in the chest just above his heart.  Officers arrived at the location and immediately requested Seattle Fire Medics to the scene.  The victim was transported to HMC. Officers did not locate any witnesses to the actual assault, and were unable to determine the actual circumstances surrounding the stabbing because the victim had been admitted to the Emergency Room.  Officers believe based on the size of the wound that the item used in the stabbing could possibly be an ice pick.  The only additional information on the suspects is that they are black males.  Detectives are handling the follow up investigation.

The Seattle Fire Department extinguished a fire just after 1:30 p.m. today at 14th Avenue and Spruce Street. 911 calls reported smoke coming from a first floor apartment.

When fire fighters arrived at the scene, they determined the source of the fire was food on the stove. Fire fighters quickly extinguished the fire and there were no reported injuries. Damage was minimal.

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Seattle Parks and Recreation is constructing a new park at 564 12th Ave, on the corner of 12th Avenue and E. James Court, next to Ba Bar. The site was previously an office building but was demolished back in summer 2008.

The park project, currently titled “12th Avenue Park Development,” is still in its infancy. Last week, the permit application for the park’s construction was accepted, so construction will finally move forward. The empty lot has served as a temporary job site for other nearby construction since 2010.

The new park is slated to be completed in spring 2014 and will have “suspended art work,” a hardscape plaza, storm water planter, landscape plantings and site furnishings.”

Parks and Recreation has more info:

This project consists of the 12th Ave and E James Court Pro Park development project and a community initiated project that was selected to receive funding through the Parks and Green Spaces Levy Opportunity Fund. The new pedestrian friendly park will be created within the street right of way in conjunction with the park project. A woonerf, a street where pedestrians and cyclists have priority over motorists, will be integrated into the park design. The design techniques will create shared spaces, traffic calming, and low speed limits to improve pedestrian, bicycle, and automobile safety.

The park’s development is part of the 12th Avenue Neighborhood Plan, which calls for developing 12th Avenue into a main street-centered “urban village.”

Planning for the park began in 2008, when the parks department hired Hewitt Architects to design the initial plans for the site. The department has held several public meetings to discuss schematics and incorporate community input. Those meeting notes, as well as more info on the park, can be found on the parks department site.

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Country singer-songwriter Mary McBride is set to perform a free concert in the Central District tonight. You can catch her at 7 p.m. at Ernestine Anderson Place at 2010 S. Jackson Street.

The concert is part of McBride’s “The Home Tour,” which she established to bring live music to low-income residents and the homeless at shelters, food banks, veteran homes, and low-income housing. This current concert is geared towards the seniors at Ernestine Anderson Place and the Nickelsville residents next door to the center.

The Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) has more info on the event:

McBride is best known for her song “No One’s Gonna Love You Like Me” in the Academy Award winning Best Picture movie Brokeback Mountain. McBride also serves as a cultural envoy for the U.S. and performs around the world for the State Department. The Wall Street Journal describes The Home Tour as “a way of highlighting how communities can be nurtured, whether by sharing shelter, stories or live music,” and The Washington Post describes the tour as “extraordinary.”

McBride and her band will be joined by local Seattle musicians on the program. Some of the Low Income Housing Institute’s most talented residents will perform, including: singer Jamie Haviland; saxophonist Tony Mack; vocalist Everett Dallas; and The Singing Club comprised of children ages 4 – 12 from LIHI’s Denice Hunt Townhomes (under the direction of Beth Sherdell). Special guest artists include singer-songwriter Reggie Garrett, and vocalists Jaren James and Josie Howell from the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute.

Sponsored by Enterprise Community Partners, McBride will perform at six affordable housing sites in Washington. The Home Tour goes where most musicians don’t, delivering high-energy, high-impact performances and making a difference by inspiring local communities and leaving an infrastructure accommodate repeat performances by local and touring bands alike.

 

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